"Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are at considerable economic stress at this period in history."
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Posted on 10/04/2009 10:42:01 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
ON Friday we learned that the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent last month and that the economy lost 263,000 jobs.
I have been unemployed since February. I have also been incredibly busy.
My last job lasted one afternoon. I showed up at a large parking lot in a semi-remote area with a group of other job seekers. In a large area cordoned off with orange traffic cones, we walked around wearing fake suicide bombs and emitting low-level radiation. Our job was to test bomb-detection equipment. I earned $44.
After that, even temporary work petered out. I am not unemployable. I have a master’s of fine arts and spent two years in the Peace Corps. All that looks fine on my résumé. But there are also gaps in my work history: long empty months punctuated with only temporary periods of employment. I have had lots of opportunities to practice glossing that over for potential employers.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Then ask: "Would you like fries with that?"
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“I have a master’s of fine arts and spent two years in the Peace Corps. All that looks fine on my résumé.”
ummm no.
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It is the NY Times; they have to look out for their target market. I’d imagine as crappy as things are all around, the people who went to school to avoid working are probably having a tougher time of it, because they didn’t study the most marketable stuff. In fact, this economy is a nightmare for those working with art, collectibles, and basically anything else non-essential.
Sometime back I read that the largest contribution of poor people to the upper classes was college education. Lately I’ve read that the cost of university education has risen more than the cost of healthcare has. If you love the subject you don’t need to get stamped, certified and approved by any institution — you’ll learn on your own.
I know it may seem a little insensitive, but every time I hear a hard luck story like this, I feel like asking: “Did you vote for 0bama? Because if you did, you should have known you were hurting your own employment chances.”
"Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are at considerable economic stress at this period in history."
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My sympathies to any person out of work.
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unless you have tons of money and can actually afford your own private Monet collection.
I should say that I was unemployed for almost three months right at the beginning of 0bama’s reign of error, so I’ve paid all my ‘hope and change’ dues up front (I hope).
People don't hire you just because you have a nice resume. You have to have some skills and a proven record of productivity that the company you want to work for can use.
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I can't imagine why she can't find WORK! /s
There are thousands of people more qualified who are looking for work. She would be the last person I would think of hiring for any job.
Didn't do to well on her studies in logic, ya think?
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How about as an ACORN worker?
Or Chicago is missing a "community organizer" -- think she'd fit the bill?
...that's a thought.
How different, really, is her resume from that of the President?
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The worst thing was the feeling of uselessness — the fear that I was simply unskilled and unable to compete. Where had I miscalculated when I was planning out my life?
Maybe when you decided to get a Master's in Fine Arts? Instead of some useful skills?
...and with that, good night (1:30 AM local time).
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We got an email from a friend - her “son is in the Peace Corp living at poverty level and will be doing ecosystem restoration in the city while living with his group in a rented house. Any furniture or household items would be welcome as they have very little.”
My wife wouldn’t let me respond “Sorry - ask Obama.” Sad really that these kids have all sorts of Hopes and Dreams but no real skills to get them past it so they can do some real good.
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